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Faith and works go together in salvation, but it's important to understand the way they go together. Professor Kyle Bitter from Luther Preparatory School is our guest to help us through James 2. 

Luke records the story of Simeon's encounter with baby Jesus. Professor Paul Koelpin is here to help us learn from this true story. While in Luke 2 we will also read about Anna the prophetess and her reaction to seeing the Christ child. 

John 1 is a beautiful text for Christmas. It's about the Word, which means it's about Jesus, the Word made flesh. As we head into a new year, we have a new guest. Professor Justin Cloute from Wisconsin Lutheran College is our guest as we discuss the precious beginning of John's Gospel. 

No one writes about our Savior Jesus better than Isaiah. This week's special Christmas episode looks at Isaiah 52. Our guest is Martin Luther College professor Keith Wessel. 

If ever a person was born to do what he did it is John the Baptist. Pastor Jon Bilitz is our guest to take us through the story of his birth, including the Song of Zechariah. 

The angel Gabriel had incredible news to share with Mary, the one God chose to be the mother of Jesus. Pastor Clinton joins us this week to discuss that visit found in Luke 1. 

God has a perfect memory, and yet, he declares, "I will remember their sins no more." We can explain this mystery with one word: grace. Pastor Greg Lyon is here to take us through those words and more from Hebrews 8. 

Happy Thanksgiving! Psalm 98 helps us bring praise to our gracious God. Our guest is Professor Andrew Hussman from Luther Prepatory School. 

The true story of The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace could properly be called The Four Men in the Fiery Furnace , sort of. Our guest is Pastor Nate Wordell, campus pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College. He will explain. 

This week's episode is a familiar Old Testament true story that has one of Scripture's all-time lines. Our guest to talk us through it is Pastor Nate Wordell from Wisconsin Lutheran College. 

There must have been thousands upon thousands of sacrifices offered by the Old Testament people of God. And then Jesus came and offered himself as a sacrifice. His was the "once and for all" sacrifice. Pastor Greg Lyon is our guest for Hebrews 7. 

More with Missionary Matthew Doebler about would be followers of Jesus and the faithful follower that is Jesus our Savior. 

In Luke 9 Jesus gives his followers or would-be followers lessons to think about. They are lessons for us to think about also. Missionary Matthew Doebler is our guest. 

Punishment in the Bible is sometimes called discipline. Discipline from God is always loving and always necessary to point us back to Jesus. Pastor Jon Bilitz is our guest as we finish discussing the true story of Israel and the Golden Calf. 

The true story of the Golden Calf surely exposes great sin, but it also beautifully highlights God's unmatched faithfulness and his amazing grace. Pastor Jon Bilitz is our guest this week. 

Romans 8 is loaded with assurances from God about his love for us. Pastor Clinton is our guest and he takes on the closing verses in this extraordinary chapter. Listen to what he says about your being not just a conqueror, but more than a conqueror. 

The last half of the last chapter of 1 Thessalonians has some great truths about God and about Christian living. Pastor Jon Bilitz, Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel, is here to share thoughts on these verses. 

The Church is well prepared for the end times - in which we now live - because the Holy Spirit is empowering it. More on this with Professor Luke Thompson from Martin Luther College. 

Pastor Stephen Kuehl is here to share thoughts on raising children, seeing loved ones in heaven, and the power of God's Word. 

Jesus called twelve men to follow him as his disciples. He later sent them out as apostles. John 1 records the calling of the first four. Professor Keith Wessel, a teacher of God's Word at Martin Luther College, is to here take us through this account. 

More on the Beatitudes, including the blessed promise from Jesus about persecution against his people. Professor Paul Koelpin, Martin Luther College is our returning guest. 

The Beatitudes introduce Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Professor Paul Koelpin from Martin Luther College is here to share insight on these precious words from our Savior. 

Here we go again! We have spent a lot of time on this book, perhaps more than any other, on this podcast. Romans 15 with Pastor Don Schultz, principal and teacher of Romans at Lakeside Lutheran High School. 

The early church learned a valuable lesson in the story of Ananias and Sapphira. Simply put: do not lie to God. We can learn many more lessons from this true story in Acts 5. Dr. Phil Huebner is here to help us learn.